Help
your child learn with games, software and educational activities from Owl
and Mouse Educational Software. Early reading software—phonics
software, alphabet games, and Dolch sight words in a fairy tale story.
All of it FREE! Free online USA maps, world maps, map of Europe, map
puzzles of the US, Europe, Africa, Asia, and many more. You can build
your own castle and coat of arms—free downloads.

Maps that Teach
Learn United States and World geography with Maps that Teach. Interactive maps to learn continents, countries,
states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments.

Free, on-line
Map Puzzles - U.S. and world. Learn the countries of different continents
and their capitals with these fun and educational map puzzle games. Do you
know where the evening news is coming from? No downloading or installation.
PC or Mac. Free Software! Original download Map Puzzles for
PC only still available from this page.
NEW! China Provinces Map Puzzle.

1100 QuestionUS Mega Geography Quiz. Playful and intriguing, Professor Quill's Quiz is a great way to learn about the United States.

MegaMaps - Walk Through the
Continents NEW! online version. Print U.S. and World maps from a single page to 8 pages (nearly
7 feet across). Large maps to learn geography, to color for fun, or to put
together as a puzzle. This is a fun way to learn the states, their capitals
and foreign countries. Great for classrooms and homeschool.

Learn Letters
FREE! Learn Letters teaches children to know and make the 26 letters
of the alphabet. Using the shapes the letters have in common, the
child is guided as he combines shapes to make the lower case letters of
the alphabet. Now Online, no downloading!

Color Letters
Help your child learn the letters of the alphabet with a full page letter
and an animal or object whose name starts with that letter. An easy,
fun introduction to our alphabet.

Letter Sounds
FREE! Children learn letter sound relationships playing a free educational
phonics games using the modalities - sight, sound, movement - that a computer
makes possible. Letter sound games for young children to learn beginning
phonics. Free Software. Play all Letter Sounds online
- no download or installation - PC or Mac.

Letter Sounds- Children choose the correct letter that begins the word.

Bridge to Reading
Children learn to read by reading in a fairy-tale adventure. Your child
reads and writes complete sentences from the first screen. This CD-ROM has
over 50 scenes and a dozen talking characters. When your child finishes
the story they will be reading 105 of the most common words, in sentences
of up to 11 words. When learning to read is fun, children want to read.

Build your own Medieval Castle
Free software to build your own medieval castle, complete with towers, gatehouse
and keep. To understand the parts of a castle, and why it was built that
way, how an army lay siege to a castle, how a castle was defended, or what
it might be like to live in a castle (this varied depending on who you were)
- build a model castle. Build your own Medieval Castle is fun,
educational hands-on learning. Free Software.

Shields, Knights and HeraldryFree software to print out shields and the elements of heraldry to
create your own coat of arms. Learn the terminology and history of coats
of arms. New online version, no downloading, no installation, PC or
Mac.

Make a TownMake a Village
Two free software programs with activities for students
to create their own model towns or villages. Make a Town has 10
different houses and 7 stores; Make a Village has 5 houses, an
apartment house and a church with a steeple. Kids set out streets, decide
where different buildings should be and put in parks and shopping districts.
This project teaches kids about how towns are arranged and how they grow.
It can be used to teach everything from math to architecture, or just for
fun. Free Software.

Make a Farm
Software and activities for students to create their own
model farm, with silo, barn, chicken coop, etc. Kids set out fields, choose
crops, decide what animals to have on their farm, and what to grow to feed
themselves and their animals. This project teaches kids about farm animals,
crops and where food comes from. Free Software.